Improvement in curry-combs



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cURRY-coMB. No. 175.099. Patented March 21,1876.

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CURRY-COMB. No.175,099. Patented March 21,1876.

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CHARLES HO'ICHKISS, OF BRIDGEPOR'I, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMEN IN CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,099, dated March21, 1876; application filed March 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. HocroHKIss, ofBridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Curry-Combs; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specication, and to the lettersand iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a represehtation of a perspective of mycurry-comb, and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof. Fig. 3is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a detail mod ication. Fig. 5 is anelevation of my currycomb, and Fig. 6 a detail modification of the same.Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section of a modification, and Fig. 8 isthe same. Fig. 9 is a plan view of a modification of mycurrycomb. andFig. 10 a detail view ot' the same. Fig. l1 is a part detail sectionalview of a modiiication.

This invention relates to open or close back curry-combs having handleswhich are adjustable over the tops or backs of the combs., or on oneside, or on a line with the teeth-bars thereof, for the purpose ofobtaining a backgrasping handle or a side-grasping handle, at will.

The nature of my invention consists in a single handle of wood or metal,or of wood and metal combined, which can be adjusted over the back ofthe comb, or on one side thereof, or on a line with the teeth-bars,without necessarily detaching the handle from the comb. but by simplydetaching it from its xed position on the comb-frame, or a post risingfrom this frame, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, A A, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, designate the comb-bars,which are permanently secured to end bars B B, and also to anintermediate or central bar, C, from which rises a post, C', having asquare tenon, a, and a male screw, b, formed on its upper end. Insteadof the post C' rising from and xed to the comb at the middle of itslength, an arch, springing from one bar, B, to the other bar at theoppositel end of the comb, may be substituted, having the tenon a 'andscrew b formed on it. D designates a handle, which may be made whollyrof metal, and which is preferably constructed with a thumb-bearing,

D. Near this bearing D is a square hole or tenon, o, made through theshank thereof, adapted to receive the tenon a on the post C. When handleD is adjusted on its tenon on one side of the comb, as shown in Fig. 1,or over the back of the comb, as shown in Fig. 2, or on a line with theteeth-bars, as shown in Fig. 5, said handle is rigidly secured in placeby a thumb-nut, g, applied on the screw b.

To reverse the handle D from a side handle to a grasping handle over theback of the comb, and to adjust this handle in line with the length ofthe comb-bars, and vice versa, the nut g is partly unscrewed, as shownin Fig. 6, and the handle raised free from the tenon a, which will allowthis handle to be turned and set at four dil'erent angles.

Fig. 4 shows a wooden handle with a tang having a square socket throughit, adapted for the combs, shown is Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

The comb shown in Fig. 5 has its handle adjusted in line with the lengthofthecomb-bars, and is constructed like the combs above described. Whent-he handle D is adjusted as last described, the comb is used forcurrying the belly of a horse.

I contemplate constructing combs as shown on sheet 2 of the accompanyingdrawings. Fig. 7 shows a comb with a wooden handle, secured on a tang,J, the flat foot-piece of which may have two studs, i i, fixed into itequidistant from a thumb-screw, h, which is tapped through the frame ofthe cnrry-comb. By loosening the screw h until the pins or studsz'iwillslip out of their holes in said frame, thehandle may be adjusted eitherover the back of the comb, as shown in Fig. 7, o'r to one side thereof,as shown in Fig. 8. This Fig. 8 shows a handle, which maybe made whollyof metal, and the dotted lines indicate a wood covering which may, ifdesired, be used on this metal handle. Fig. 9is a top view of acomb-frame with comb-bars attached, and with perforations for the pinsor studs t and thumb-screw h, and Fig. 10 is a side view of al metalhandle, adapted for the combs of Figs. 7, 8 and 9.

All of the combs described allow the handle to be adjusted withoutdetaclling them from the comb.

Fig. 11 is a longitudinal sectional View of part of a comb, which showsa wedge-fastening, y, for securing the handle D to the combframe withoutthe use of the thumb-screw h or g. This device I consider the equivalentof a screw-fastening; for, by retracting the wedge y a short distance,the handle D will be released from its xed position, and can be adjustedwithout detachiug it from the comb.

